I have been unable to install hp dj1280 in windows 7 professional workgroup networked printer

Hi . I am using a hpdeskjet 1280 printer connected to a windows xp computer . I cannot get my new laptop running windows 7 professional to print via the network. I cannot find a driver. Hp says driver is included with windows 7 (it's not). I can locate the printer running windows add printer but after checking windows update i get message" No driver found. Windows can't find a driver for HP Deskjet 1280 on the network. To locate one manually, click OK. Otherwise,click Cancel and consult your network administrator or the printer manufacturer's website."
I have tried the HPHND utility from HP but this program does not list any of my networked printers.
Please help.

The following based on 8 hours (and counting) of frustration, attempting to teach varying levels of HP technical support people about NetBIOS.
So far, I've found nearly a dozen posts from frustrated HP OfficeJet users, using the search words NETBIOS or WORKGROUP.
We just bought an OfficeJet 8600 Premium All-In-One.
The provided installation software doesn't reach a point where the driver (icon) is installed on any of our Windows 7 PCs' Control Panel / Printers and Devices. 
After several installs, reboots, uninstalls, disabling PC and router-based firewalling, loading Windows 'dry' (without any startup drivers), we have isolated the issue to HP's lack of providing a means to manually configure a NetBIOS Group.
This appears to be the reason the installation software for the OfficeJet 8600 is unable to 'find' the printer on a peer-to-peer network, yet alone install the required drivers on any PC, if:
 - there isn't a DHCP server;
 - if assignment of IP addresses for network devices is performed manualy, or
 - if your peer-to-peer network's NetBIOS Group / Workgroup name is anything other than "MSHOME"
This last item appears to be a hard-wired configuration on every HP OfficeJet.
Apparently this has caused HP some consternation, given the appearance of HP's "Update IP Address" tool.
Even though an OfficeJet printer can be assigned a static IP address and successfully 'pinged' ... even though command line utilities (below) clearly show the printer existing on the network ... the printer cannot be "located" by HP's software installation routine or its provided Update IP Address tool, as HP's hard-wired NetBIOS Group / Workgroup name does not match the Workgroup name our firm uses.
Having a manufacturer decree that users must change the configuration of every device on their network to accommodate use of its product is unacceptable.
This is a relatively easy fix, HP.

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